He Xiaoqing suddenly stopped attacking and got out of the range of the British artillery.
Ye Geyin was not slow in his movements. Shortly after He Xiaoqing led his troops to retreat, he also stopped attacking and led his troops to flee back in a hurry.
For a moment, all the foreigners were confused and confused. The Self-Rescue Army's contradictory behavior really confused them. At one time, they attacked fiercely, and at other times, they fled in panic as if a beast was chasing them.
What happened to them?
This question appeared in the minds of countless British soldiers.
The British didn't let the British think for too long, because the rumbling and thunderous sound immediately reached their ears from upstream. They followed the sound and looked up, and immediately saw a horrifying scene.
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"Oh, God, oh!"
"Ahhh!"
"Run quickly, the water is coming!"
Shouts of terror arose one after another. The British army was in chaos, completely in chaos, trampling on each other, just to escape to the river bank. However, the chaos became more and more urgent, and countless people were caught off guard and squeezed off the pontoon bridge.
I saw a huge wave several feet high coming with great force. Even the snow on the rocks beside the river bed was swept away and submerged by the water. It was so majestic that no one dared to shake the wrath of nature.
Who dares to block the car from the vanguard?
"Don't panic, don't panic!" Logan screamed at the top of his lungs on the river bank, but no one listened to his order. The soldiers' ears were filled with the sound of rumbling water.
The water seemed to be coming slowly, but in fact it was moving very fast. In almost a moment, it would reach the pontoon.
At this time, some people on the pontoon fled to the front, some fled to the back, and some screamed and jumped into the water. They swam crazily toward both sides of the bank.
However, it was too late. Except for some British troops on the riverbed who saw the opportunity and took a step early, the rest of the British troops on the pontoon, in the river, and even some on the riverbed were all swept into the water amidst the screams.
, flopping up helplessly in the water, then flopping down again, and finally disappeared without a trace.
The four pontoon bridges were also vulnerable and destroyed under the impact of the flood. They immediately turned into pieces of driftwood. Those soldiers who were lucky enough threw away their guns. They clung to the driftwood and then
Drifting down the river.
The British gunners had stopped firing long ago, and they all stared at this tragic scene with their eyes wide open.
On the shore, when Logan, who was riding a horse very fast, saw this situation, his vision went dark, his whole body went limp, and he fell down from his horse helplessly.
"Ah, five thousand soldiers. Five thousand soldiers, now, how many are left! How many are left?" A deep despair surged from the bottom of Logan's heart, making him raise his head like a
Like a wounded beast, he howled in pain.
Steve and several other British generals also looked defeated. They fell to the ground limply and looked at the river with absent-minded eyes. The soldiers who were constantly struggling in the river had become a lingering nightmare for them.
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"Colonel Logan, we should quickly go downstream to gather the soldiers. Although they were scattered by the flood, most of the soldiers will survive. What they need urgently is dry clothes and a lighted fire. Otherwise, they will be killed.
More people have frozen to death." A sane officer said sadly.
Logan regained his composure and knew that now was not the time for him to feel sad. He stood up and took a look. There were about a thousand soldiers here, but they were all looking at the flood that was slowly receding in despair. Some of them also
He was submerged in water and was thoroughly wet.
There were also about 700 people on the other side of the river. Based on this calculation, nearly 3,000 people were washed away by the flood. However, as the officer said before, as long as rescue is timely, not more than half of the soldiers will drown.
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However, Liu Zhenming no longer gave him a chance. He decided to eat the British army on this side of the river first...
The British infantry has been completely disorganized. Countless guns and ammunition have been lost, and morale is low. The only organized artillery is the artillery. If we don't defeat them now, then when.
"Brothers, the foreigners have been surrounded by us on all sides and have no way to escape. Now it is time for us to eliminate them. Brothers, what are you waiting for? Pick up the guns in your hands and drive them all into the water to feed the fish. From now on
Fight and win!" Liu Zhenming rode to the front of the team, raised the command knife in his hand, and said in a loud voice.
All the soldiers had just watched a good show and were in a state of excitement. When they heard Liu Zhenming's speech, they immediately echoed loudly: "We must win! We must win!"
The shocking sound of war trumpets suddenly woke up the confused British soldiers. When they saw the self-rescue troops starting to attack, their faces were pale and their bodies were weak.
"Colonel, what should we do with the soldiers on the other side?" an officer asked with difficulty, because he had already seen the Chinese troops rushing over.
Although the flood has receded, the water level of the river has increased a lot, and now the deepest parts can definitely drown people.
It is impossible for the river to return to its original water level in an instant. This means that it is not easy for them to retreat, and it is impossible for them to send troops to support them in a short time. Moreover, they have to send people down
Gather the soldiers.
Moreover, this water caused the British army to lose countless guns and ammunition. More importantly, the morale of the British army was extremely low. From the frightened faces and trembling bodies,
Logan has seen this.
Logan didn't know what to use to resist the Chinese attack. Perhaps the best choice was to abandon the soldiers on the opposite side.
"Kill!" The soldiers of the Self-Rescue Army surged forward like tigers descending a mountain. Although shells continued to explode around them, they could no longer extinguish the flames of war in their hearts.
Moreover, the British artillery could no longer act arrogantly, because more than 5,000 "soldiers" led by Zhang Donglai, Er Gouzi and others had come from the upper reaches in a menacing manner.
Zhang Donglai and others were originally on the side of the river with the British army. Moreover, they also had more than 5,000 Chinese laborers in their hands, plus a few real soldiers. Some of these fake soldiers even had pieces of wood slightly whittled away.
A fake gun made.
Liu Zhenming's move was very risky. If the British army saw through it, these fake soldiers would be in danger. However, he believed that the British soldiers who had already been frightened by his plan would not be able to think about fighting.
Sure enough, after seeing the dense crowd in the distance, Logan dared to throw his only more than a thousand soldiers into the blockade. Not only did he not dare, even the artillerymen were panicked.
"Roar!" When Liu Zhenming saw the fake army appearing on the opposite side, he couldn't help roaring. The sound shook both sides of the Taiwan Strait. For a moment, the Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Strait roared wildly, like a warrior eager to fight.
When the British troops saw this scene, they could no longer hold back and fled downstream uncontrollably.
They abandoned all their baggage and all their heavy weapons. The artillerymen no longer cared about cannons, the horse leaders no longer cared about leading horses, and some even threw away their rifles on the ground.
The British army was defeated like a mountain, and the British army, which had no fighting spirit, finally collapsed. Under the leadership of Logan and others, they ran away in panic like a lost dog. They only hated their parents for giving birth to two legs for them, and they were all missing.
He used all his strength to run forward desperately.
The rout of the British troops on the other side immediately affected the British soldiers on this side. Different from those on the other side, those on this side were surrounded. They had only two choices, one was to die or the other was to surrender.
For a time, countless people surrendered like crucian carp crossing the river.